Noise producing device



G. BODEN NOISE PRODUCING DEVICE Jan. 8, 1935.

Filed July 19, 1933 Patented Jan. 8, 1935 V 1,987,226 NOISE rnonnomennvion George Boden, Waterbury, Conn., assignor to Scovill ManufacturingCompany, Waterbury, Conn, a corporation of Connecticut ApplicationJuly19,,1933,Serial No. 681,069

7 Claims. (01. 46-946 This invention relates to sound'producing'devicesand particularly to those employing, as the sound producing members,reeds which are vibrated by forcing air through the device as is donefor example, in horns, various animal calls, noise producers for rubberballs, dolls and the like.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of the type set forthhaving an improved construction embodying few parts so arranged as topermit the assembling thereof rapidly and cheaply.

A further object is to provide a method of assembling the parts of anoise producing device which will permit the rapid and cheap manufacturethereof.

These and other objects which will be apparent to those skilled in thisparticular art are accomplished by the. invention hereinafter described,one embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing inwhich,

Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of a core member forming a part of thepresent invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the noise making reed;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic illustration of the manner of assembling thevarious parts; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view illustrating the completed noiseproducing device of the present invention.

As illustrated, the present invention includes a hollow core 5 having anobliquely disposed mouth 6 and a cylindrical portion 7 having a seam 8which gives to the cylindrical portion a certain degree ofcircumferential resiliency.

A vibratile reed 9 having an elongated'body portion 9' and a relativelywide noise producing end 10 is associated with the core so that thewider noise producing end extends across the obliquely disposed mouth 6.

The casing 11 is formed by an eyelet blank or some similarly shapedmember having a bead 12 and a flange 13 at opposite ends. The casingsurrounds the core and secures the reed 9 in place by frictionallygripping and holding the elongated body portion 8 between the inner wallof the casing and, the circumferentially resilientcylindrical portion 7of the core. Such an arrangement eliminates the necessity for solder orany other binding material to secure the parts together.

In assembling the parts the core 5 is positioned over an uprightsupporting pin 14 on a suitable support 15 and the reed 9 is held overthe mouth of the core by a reed holding instrument 16 on which thecasing 11 is positioned, as shown in Fig. 3. By holding the end 10 ofthe reed across the 'mouth'6 of the core and simultaneously fore}- ingthe casing downwardly over the core the lower end 9 of thereedis-clamped between the-inner Wall of Y the casing andthe cylindrical'portionof the core'and'the reed is bent'to the desired shape, 5

as shown -in-Fig. '4. While not essential the seam 8 in the core insuressufficient circumferential resilience to make the assembling operation asimple one and to provide sufiicient frictional grip to hold the partsin assembled relation. The bending of the reed 9 by the act ofassembling the parts permanently positions the noise making portion 10across the oblique mouth 6 of the core. The beaded end of the casingpermits its being readily inserted in the opening of a rubber ball, dollor other such article, the material of which is gripped between the bead12 and the flange l3 and dislodgment of the device prevented.

It will be apparent that the present invention can be variously modifiedand adapted within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A noise producing device adapted to be 10- cated in an opening in thewall of a rubber ball, doll or the like comprising in combination ahollow core, a reed having a body portion extending longitudinally ofsaid core and a sound producing portion extending across the open mouthof said core, and a casing completely enclosing the core and reed andformed by an eyelet blank having a rounded bead at one end and a flangeat the other end to engage opposite faces of the wall of a rubber dollor the like when said casing is positioned in an opening extendingtherethrough.

2. The method of assembling the parts of a noise making device whichcomprises holding a reed in position across the mouth of a hollow corewith the end thereof projecting beyond one side of said core, andforcing an eyelet blank over said reed and core to enclose said core andreed and to bend the projecting end of said reed into position besidethe core and compress the same against the core to frictionally hold theparts together.

3. A noise producing device adapted to be 10- 4. A noise producingdevice adapted to be located in an opening in the wall of a rubber ball,

doll or the like comprising in combination a hollow circumferentiallyresilient core, a reed having an elonagted body portion extendinglongitudinally of said coreand a relatively wider sound producingportion extending across the open mouth of said core, and .acasingformed by an eyelet blank surrounding said reed and core with acompressive grip to frictionally hold the parts together, said casinghaving a rounded. 'head at one end and a flange at the other adapted toengage opposite faces of the wall of a. rubber doll or the like whensaid casing. is positioned in an opening extending therethrough;

5. A noise producing device adapted to"beilocated in an opening in thewall of a rubber ball,

doll or the like comprising in combinationiahollow circumferentiallyresilient slotted metal core, a reed having anelongated body portionextending longitudinally of said core anda relaitivelywidersound-producing portion extending across the open mouth of said core,and a casing formed by an eyelet blank having a rounded bead atone endand a flange at the other surrounding said reed and core with acompressive grip to said reed and core to bend the projecting end ofsaidtreed into position beside the core and frictionally hold the partstogether.

Theimethodfof assembling the parts of a noise making devicewhichcomprises holding a reed in position across the mouth of a hollowcircumtere'ntialiy resilient core with the end thereof projecting at oneside'of said core, and

forcing a casing member over said reed and core to bend the-projectingend of said reed into position beside-the core and compress the sameagainst .the'core to frictionally hold theparts together. v

GEORGE BODEN,

